Monday, 5 December 2016

Civil Services Exam 2017 (Prelims) / IAS

Civil Services Exam 2017 (Prelims) / IAS

Civil Services Exam 2017 (Prelims)/ UPSC CSE- IAS 2017

UPSC has released schedule for civil services preliminary examination 2017, which is going to held in the month of June 2017. The interested and eligible candidates can apply for the examination after release of official notice.

Eligibility Criteria

The appearing candidates must have a degree from a recognised university incorporated by an Act of Central OR State Legislature in India OR Other educational institution established by Parliament Act OR announced to be deemed university under section-3 of the UGCA), 1956 or have an equivalent degree.

Age Limit- According to official notice 2016 (If there is change we will update)

Category

Upper age limit

No. of attempts

General

32 Years

06 Attempts

OBC

35 Years

09 Attempts

SC/ST

37 Years

No bar

PH (Blind, Deaf, Orthopedic)

42 Years

GEN/OBC= 9 Attempts

SC/ST= No bar

J & K Domicile

GEN=37 Yrs, OBC= 40 Yrs, SC/ST=40 Yrs, PH=50 Yrs

No bar

Disabled servicemen, disabled from duty.

GEN=37 Yrs, OBC=40 Yrs, SC/ST=40 Yrs.

No bar

Important dates (Tentative)

The official notification was out on

22nd February 2017

Final date for submitting the application form

17th March 2017

The Civil Services Exam 2017(Pre)

18th June 2017

Date of main examination

28th October 2017

Civil Services Exam Application form

The application form for IAS exam 2017 will be available from 22nd February 2017. The applicants have to apply online from the official website. The applications will be accepted only through online mode.

How to Apply

First of all, all the interested candidates are required to visit the official website, from where you can find out the online application form link.From the homepage, you should click on apply online link and then start filling the details accurately.After filling the basic details such as educational details, date of birth and all, you will be asked to upload the passport sized photograph and signature in the prescribed sizes.Lastly complete the process by paying the application fee.Make sure all the details are accurately filled

Application Fees

The application fee is Rs. 100/- and can be paid either in the form of cash or net banking. The female and reserved category candidates will be exempted from application fee.

Posts the finally selected candidates will be recruited

Indian Audit & Accounts Service, Group A

Indian P&T Accounts & Finance Service, Group A

Indian Administrative Service

Indian Police Service

Indian Foreign Service

Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group A

Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise), Group A

Indian Postal Service, Group A

Indian Defence Accounts Services, Group A

Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group A (Assistant Works Manager, Administration)

Indian Revenue Services (IT), Group A

Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group A

Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group A

Indian Defence Estates Service, Group A

Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group A

Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group A

Selection Procedure

Selection Procedure of civil services exam 2017 will complete in 3 stages- Preliminary examination (MCQ type), Mains examination (descriptive type) and personal interview. The qualified candidates of preliminary examination will be called for Mains examination followed by personal interview for final selection.

Examination Pattern

Civil Services Exam Pattern of Prelims and Mains

There will be 4 Test Booklet Series A, B, C & D in the civil services exam 2017 preliminary examination. The question paper will be of MCQ type. The question paper will be available both in English & Hindi language. There will be a penalty of 1/3 marks for each wrong answer.

Name of the paper

No. of MCQs

Max. marks

Minimum marks

Duration of exam

General Studies Paper I

100

200

33%

2 hours

General Studies paper II

80

200

2 hours

General Studies paper II (X series)

80

200

2 hours 20 minutes

Total

400

Civil services Mains exam 2017

The qualified candidates of civil services preliminary examination 2017 will be eligible to attempt civil services Mains examination 2017 which will be held in November-December 2017. The civil services main examination 2017 is qualifying in nature. A little description of civil services exam 2017 (Mains) is given below-

Name of the test

Type of test

Max. marks

Duration

Selection parameters

Paper A (one Indian language to be selected from the languages included in eighth schedule of the constitution

Conventional

300

3 hours

Papers to be counted for determining merit

Paper B English language

300

Paper I Essay

250

UPSC will prepare merit list on the basis of candidates’ performance & high marks aggregate scored in Mains & interview.

Paper II General Studies I (Indian heritage & culture, History & Geography of world & society)

Admit Card

The admit cards for Civil Services (Preliminary) exam 2017 will be released 3 weeks before the examination date. The admit cards can be downloaded from the official website for UPSC. To download Civil Services (Preliminary) exam admit card 2017 click on the given link.

Cut off Marks

UPSC will release the cut offs for Civil Services Exam 2017 to limit the number of applicants for recruitment of IAS examination 2017. Cut offs are the selection parameters that applicants have to fulfill to get recruited for the posts of Indian Administrative officer.

Result

Civil Services Exam Result will be published in the form of PDF file in the official website of UPSC after successful completion of examination. The applicants will have to search their roll no. from the PDF file. The successful applicants of preliminary exam will be eligible to take part in Main exam, which will be held in the month of October 2017. The examination result of Civil Services Main exam will be declared in the month of February 2018.